HomePoliticsParliament

Parliament

Appointment Committee sets date for Ken Ofori-Atta’s vetting

The Finance Minister-designate, Ken Ofori-Atta will on Thursday, March 25, 2021, appear before the Appointments Committee of Parliament.This comes after the nominee requested a...

What will you do with them? NDC man asks group demanding pink sheets [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · What would you do with them? NDC man quizzes group demanding pink sheetsA group that claims to be affiliated to the National...

I’m number 3 in Ghana, what’s yours?- Speaker, Majority Leader exchange words in Parliament

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has reminded Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu of the difference in their positions as far as leadership in Ghana is...

You should’ve resigned after Sammy Gyamfi’s attack on NDC MPs – Afenyo-Markin tells Haruna Iddrisu

Deputy Majority Leader has expressed his surprise that Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has not abdicated the Minority Leader position after a leading National Democratic...

uniBank, UT collapse: Speaker to set up 7-member committee

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, is to set up a seven-member committee to look into a petition by a former Governor of Bank...

Speaker slams Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has chastised Majority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for Suame, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, for challenging a directive he gave...

7-member Parliamentary committee to probe collapse of UT Bank, uniBank

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has directed the formation of a seven-member committee to probe the collapse of UT Bank and uniBank.Two majority...

Parliament approves 2021 budget

Parliament has approved the Budget Statement and Economic Policy for the 202i fiscal year, after heated arguments from both sides of the House.The Minority...

Ghana’s female MPs shake the internet with uniform fabric

Female Members of Parliament (MP) appeared in the House on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, all donning their different styles of predominantly purple fabric.It begged...

Bagbin warns Committees over Akufo-Addo

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, is on a collision course with President Nana Akufo-Addo over his decision to slash budget estimates for the...

Okudzeto Ablakwa reacts to ‘offensive Ewe’ textbooks

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu has filed an urgent request in Parliament for the Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, to answer...

Alban Bagbin replies Sammy Gyamfi over his outburst

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin, has said his National Democratic Congress (NDC) comrades should not expect him to do the party’s bidding...

Akufo-Addo lauds Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu

President Nana Akufo-Addo has extolled caretaker Finance Minister, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu for his budget statement presentation.The Suame Member of Parliament and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs...

Kennedy Agyapong chairs Defence and Interior Committee

Parliament has constituted an 18-member Defence and Interior committee to be chaired by Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong.MP for Mankessim,...

Govt to introduce sanitation levy

The government of Ghana is set to introduce a sanitation and pollution levy (SPL) to accrue revenue to keep the environment clean.Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu...

Exclusive photos: 2021 Budget Statement presentation by Caretaker Finance Minister

The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu on Friday, March 12, 2021, presented the budget statement before Parliament.It follows the inability of Finance Minister-Designate,...

Bagbin urges govt to resource Parliament

The Speaker of Parliament, Right Honourable Kingsford Alban Sumana Bagbin, has asked the government to provide adequate resources for the operations of Parliament and...

We need corruption vaccine – Okudzeto Ablakwa

Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, is appealing to the government to import "corruption vaccines".Apart from the COVID-19 vaccine,...

Parliament approves Akufo-Addo’s 16 Regional Minister nominees

Parliament has approved President Nana Akufo-Addo’s 16 nominees for Regional Minister portfolios.The nominees, commended by the Appointments Committee, were approved by a voice vote.The...

Francis-Xavier Sosu writes: 2021 SONA leaves much to be desired

As a first-term Member of Parliament, it is interesting hearing the President of Ghana present the State of the Nations Address in accordance with...

SONA: Govt to engage Parliament about Agyapa deal – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo says government will go back to engage Parliament on the steps it intends to take on the future of the Agyapa...

SONA 2021: Bagbin wins Akufo-Addo’s heart

President Nana Akufo-Addo has eulogised the Speaker of Ghana's 8th Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin.According to him, the former Nadowli Kaleo Member of Parliament...

Parliament announces change in time for 2021 SONA

There has been a change in time for President Nana Akufo-Addo's first State of the Nation Address after his inauguration for his second term.The...

NDC MPs cannot chair Committees in Parliament – Majority Leader

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei-Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, says all Committees to be constituted by Parliament will be chaired by members of the Majority Group.Speaking...

MP asks Parliament to summon Sammy Gyamfi

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tafo Pankorono Constituency, Ekow Vincent Assafuah, is asking the House to cite the National Communications Officer of the...

NDC consults Council of Elders on issues in Parliament

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged party members to be circumspect with their utterances in order not to play into the hands of...

Sam George, 5 other MPs to sponsor Bill against LGBTQI+

Six Members of Parliament (MPs) have expressed their intention to jointly sponsor a bi-partisan Private Members Bill for the House to pass specific legislation...

Hawa Koomson benefited from political grace – Prof Gyampo

Senior lecturer at the University of Ghana’s Political Science Department, Prof Ransford Gyampo, has indicated that the Minister-designate for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Hawa...

Haruna Iddrisu breaks silence over approval of Akufo-Addo’s ministers

Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, has described the past few days as the most difficult for the Caucus following the approval of some...

Our MPs failed us but let cool heads prevail – NDC supporters told

A leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region, Alhaji Mohammed Sani, has called for calm and restraint among party...

Alan Kyeramaten to present 2021 budget

Trade and Industry Minister-Designate, Alan Kyerematen, is now expected to present the 2021 Budget.This is what Joy Business has picked up from government sources.It...

I almost died from Covid-19 – MP shares experience

Member of Parliament (MP) for Adaklu Constituency in the Volta Region, Kwame Agbodza, has disclosed that he almost died from contracting Covid-19.According to the...

Parliament approves Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Godfred Dame, 14 other Akufo-Addo nominees

Parliament has approved 16 other ministerial nominees recommended by the Appointments Committee.The conclusion was reached via voice vote on the floor on March 4.Prior...

I engaged some MPs over my approval – Oppong Nkrumah reveals

Information Minister-Designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has recounted how he had to engage some parliamentarians prior to an election on the approval of his nomination.According...

Ras Mubarak calls for shake up in NDC leadership in parliament

Former Member of Parliament for Kumbungu constituency, Ras Mubarak, has called for changes to be made to the leadership of the party in Parliament.His...

Sammy Gyamfi ‘weeps’ over NDC parliamentary leadership

National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has expressed disappointment in the Minority leadership of Parliament.Mr Gyamfi, among other things,...

Oppong Nkrumah, Dr Afriyie Akoto submit documents to Appointments Committee

Majority Leader, Osei-Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has revealed that Kojo Oppong Nkrumah and Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, who were rejected by the Minority Members of Parliament...

Akufo-Addo to deliver State of the Nation Address on March 9

President Nana Akufo-Addo will on Tuesday, March 9, deliver the first State of the Nation Address after his inauguration as president for his second...

Ursula, Amewu, Godfred Dame and 2 others to reappear before Appointments Committee

Five ministerial nominees out of the 30 so far vetted have been deferred by the Minority Members of Parliament (MPs) on the Appointments Committee...

Appointments Committee Chairman clarifies rejection of 3 nominees, 5 others deferred

Chairman of Parliament’s Appointments Committee, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has disclosed that the committee has so far approved 21 of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s ministerial nominees by...